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creating a memorial garden
We plan to keep a garden area which has already been planted as a memorial
garden to loved ones who have passed on. We are looking for ideas for a nice marker. Anyone have ideas? Does anyone have this already, and did you place names on the sign or not? Jackie |
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creating a memorial garden
In article Yy66b.46327$xf.7197@lakeread06,
Jacqueline Davidson wrote: We plan to keep a garden area which has already been planted as a memorial garden to loved ones who have passed on. We are looking for ideas for a nice marker. Anyone have ideas? Does anyone have this already, and did you place names on the sign or not? Jackie I have a friend who approached this in a way that worked pretty well. He went to a nearby college and talked to one of the fine arts instructor. With the advice of the instructor, he commissioned one of the students to create an outdoor sculpture. It was a win-win-win situation. My friend got a reasonably nice commissioned piece on the cheap. The prof used it as a way of teaching the student. The student got some cash for his semester project. The only drawback I saw was that one has to make sure that everybody's vision is in sync. I have also seen this kind of thing go bad, where the student wanted to create something a bit more out there then the customer wanted, and it ended up in the garage -- everybody was ****ed. The customer ended up with a $3000 doorstop and the student was upset because her work was hidden and not appreciated. Generally, though, if you are in sync with the instructor, neither vision nor quality are much of a problem, as long as you not looking for a museum piece. You might also be surprised if you ask around to find out that you have acquaintances or friends who do large scuptures. Over the past couple of years, I have run into three acquaintances who do pretty good work out of their garages. One is a mathematician who does geometric sculpture, one is a forensic graphics person/crime scene reconstructionist who does commissioned representative art, and a third who is a mechanic who does these strange welded nuts/bolts/gears thingies. billo |
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Thanks, Bill, for the idea. We may try that when we have moved to Tn,
hopefully by next year. Now we will probably get a marker that we can move along with us. Jackie "Bill Oliver" wrote in message ... In article Yy66b.46327$xf.7197@lakeread06, Jacqueline Davidson wrote: We plan to keep a garden area which has already been planted as a memorial garden to loved ones who have passed on. We are looking for ideas for a nice marker. Anyone have ideas? Does anyone have this already, and did you place names on the sign or not? Jackie I have a friend who approached this in a way that worked pretty well. He went to a nearby college and talked to one of the fine arts instructor. With the advice of the instructor, he commissioned one of the students to create an outdoor sculpture. It was a win-win-win situation. My friend got a reasonably nice commissioned piece on the cheap. The prof used it as a way of teaching the student. The student got some cash for his semester project. The only drawback I saw was that one has to make sure that everybody's vision is in sync. I have also seen this kind of thing go bad, where the student wanted to create something a bit more out there then the customer wanted, and it ended up in the garage -- everybody was ****ed. The customer ended up with a $3000 doorstop and the student was upset because her work was hidden and not appreciated. Generally, though, if you are in sync with the instructor, neither vision nor quality are much of a problem, as long as you not looking for a museum piece. You might also be surprised if you ask around to find out that you have acquaintances or friends who do large scuptures. Over the past couple of years, I have run into three acquaintances who do pretty good work out of their garages. One is a mathematician who does geometric sculpture, one is a forensic graphics person/crime scene reconstructionist who does commissioned representative art, and a third who is a mechanic who does these strange welded nuts/bolts/gears thingies. billo |
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creating a memorial garden
Have you any friends with some artistic ability? If so, try buying round
cement flagstones or get a large flat rock, and have your friend paint it (them) with acrilic paints and seal with a spray sealer. I have a space in one of my flower beds that can never grow anything due to the tree in it sapping all over the soil. I went to the nearby river and grabbed a large fairly flat rock and painted it with a picture of an Iris. It looks really nice there and nobody notices there are no flowers growing in that spot. A community garden project designed to help disabled people in my city learn to grow their own food and preserve as well as cook their produce, bought loads of round flagstones and had the volunteers write the name of a sponsor or contributor as well as doing painting of their choice ( flowers, a cottage, veggies, etc.) on each one. Now the project has a lasting memorial of all the contributors in a walkway. -- Jayel "Jacqueline Davidson" wrote in message news:7Fa6b.46368$xf.32833@lakeread06... Thanks, Bill, for the idea. We may try that when we have moved to Tn, hopefully by next year. Now we will probably get a marker that we can move along with us. Jackie |
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Thank you everyone. Your suggestions have touched my heart.
We saw an angel fountain type garden ornament at Lowes which is worth considering. I do want some running water in the garden when we get settled. Even an angel on a birdbath might be OK. I am sure we will find the right things to put there. Jackie |
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